News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-10-06
STOWE.

Carrie Huse is at home from the Sum
nit House, Mt. Washington.
John Quinn is at home from his ma,
canvassing trip in York State.
Several of our people took advantage
of the late excursion to New York.
The telephone has taken the place O
the telegraph, the change being mad
OH Saturday.
William P. Bailey will soon move bacI
upon his Branch farm, recently vacated
by Mr.. Pequin.
Mrs. Peterson and granddaughter
have returned from their trip to the sea
side and elsewhere.
Pike & Wallace have opened genera
assortment of goods at their store in the
west part of the village.
We now have only Il daily mail from
Waterbury, the noon mail having been
removed Sept. 80, as is usual.
Lille Austin, who is employed at the
asylum in Concord, n. H., is spending
her vacation with her mother.
During the absence of Rev. Mr.. An
dersOn on Sunday of last week, Mr.. Blk
by oficiated by reading sermon.
Rev. Mr.. Douglass spends portion OF
this week at. a preachers meeting in
Barre, but is subject to call if his pres
ence is needed.
Isaac Alger and family have been en-
gagged to manage Mr.. BaiIev's farm on
the Branch during the coming winter,
and have already moved.
H. NJ. Bruce has his steam mill in the
Notch" nearly ready for business. This
will furnish labor for an additional num-
Der of men, and make the Forks and
vicinity the most active part of the town.
That errors in names should often oc-
cur in print is not singular, but that they
easily occur is none the less annoyinT.
The name of Hattie Savage should be
placed where Hattie George appears in
last weeks issue.
The mountain has been abandoned and
left to the mercies of the hedgehog and
such stray travellers as may perchance
visit the summit. The season has been
unusually favorable and the profits in ex-
cess of those of receut years.
Jerre Sargent has been spending sew
eral weeks in New Hampshire and South
ern Vermont. He has returned and re-
ports pleasant time, but season I'M
precedentiy wet aud the harvesting of
crops almost impossible as a conse-
quence.
Hart Moody. of Waterbury, has be-
come a citizen of Stowe; moved to the
Hollow and taken to cleaning timber
from the eastern mountains. His pres
ence Is made welcome, and after his pres
ent labOrs are over we hope he will con-
tinue to abide with us.
New barns and other buildings being
erected at the Forks is greatly improving
the looks of the place. Three saw-mills
will soon be running, three stores are in
bloom, and two tub factories employ a
score or more of men, which makes
things continuously active.
Hon. D. Ii. Thing, in behalf of the
Patrons of Husbandry, spoke at the
Town Hall on Wednesday evening of last
week. The audience was very small, and
with noticeable scarcity of farmers,
whose interests are identical with those
of the Patrons of Husbandry.
r. d. Story has recently husked 1175
bushels of corn from about seven and
One-half acres of ground. We believe
this to be the largest yield of corn from
one farm ever raised in town, yet is no
more than what might and ought to be
raised each year by several of our farm
ers. Raising more and buying less
would add much to The wealth of our
people.
The ''Star" base ball nine of Stowe,
played with the SEMINARY" nine of
Waterbury,, at this place on Saturday.
The game was spirited, both parties
playing their best. The game was, in
tentiOnally or otherwise. prolonged I'M
til nearly dark, the sixth inning only
being reached. The STAR club made
IL scores at their last inning, which in
duced belief in their success had lit
tie more daylight been spared them. NJ.
c. B. Swift acted as umpire.
The rain of Sunday night last and pc
riod following, is the first to amount to
anything since last May. The drOuth
had become more severe than has been
known here for 20 years. Wells, springs
and streams have entirely failed in many
places, and in instances water had to be
drawn half a mile to water cattle. We
think, from hear-say. that a like scarcity
of water has never been known here be-
fore, yet such an abundance everywhere
around US.